Cops Tranquilize Bear on College Campus -- Which Produces This Hilarious Photo

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You better believe you'll be seeing this on Fox anchor Shepard Smith's show. The host, who has a fascination with bear stories, will be delighted at the latest gem to come out of Colorado.

There, a 200-pound black bear had crawled up into a tree on the campus of the University of Colorado. And it was then that officers decided to tranquilize it around 10 am on Thursday. Its fall onto a fluffy mat produced one of the best photos of the year so far, captured by Andy Duann of the CU Independent:

“He was just resting up in the tree probably for a good two hours," police spokesman Ryan Huff told KMGH-TV.

“He was pretty mellow. He was resting up on the branch," he added.

The bear will now be relocated.

"We try to move bears more than 50 miles and also try to get them across a major river or highway so that there is a barrier to them heading right back to where they came from," Randy Hampton, a spokesman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife told the station.